The second part on HOW I annotate is finally up! Watch it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html

@jongreenleaf1000

4 жыл бұрын

You disgust me you book violator

I really love how you explained why you started annotating. “Books are just objects, and objects are not important. It’s much more important what’s in the book.”

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

YES! :) I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I feel cheated out of the full experience because I haven’t annotated any of my pleasure reads. I will start today!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

YAAAAS! You win at life tho. Welcome to the dark side. :D

@bloomrose9843

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

I absolutely love this. I've been in the "keep them pristine" camp, but lately I've been feeling frustrated by how badly I want to write my thoughts and analyze writing styles. And that's just silly because why not annotate them, since they're MY books and the covers will still look pretty on my bookshelf anyway?? Thanks for this video, it's incredibly encouraging.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that! :) Once your initial inhibitions are overcome, nobody will stop you! Annotating is so much fun and helps a lot with digesting what you read! :)

@littlemrssunshine85

6 жыл бұрын

TerrigenCrystal I totally understand your hesitation. I started by keeping a notebook while reading anything. I would write my thoughts in the notebook because I was terrified of ‘destroying’ my perfect book.

I love this! I also "abuse" my books. I write, highlight, dog ear. It really helps me connect with whatever it is that I love about a book.

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

AngieP yes yes yes! I feel the same way, I'm getting so much more out of my reading experience! :)

Loved your annotations. It does enrich and enhance your experience. Reading is not just a luxury, it is an experience in itself. Your annotations feel like you are engaged in a dialogue with the writer and the narratology in a physical form. Impressive. Enlightening.

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Abhilash D I couldn't say it more perfectly! Glad that we're on the same page here! :)

I annotate my books because it makes you feel like it's a dialogue with the author. However, the BIGGEST reason is that when I lend my books to friends, I have them write their thoughts, and we can have conversations in the margins about specific details. It's amazing to look back on your favorite books, or even more so books you hated, and see all caps frustration or gushy hearts. You see your emotions on the page. My opinions visually evolve.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

100% AGREE! I always felt so weird about the whole "conversations with an author"-thing because I genuinely feel so connected to the authors whose books I am reading and I thought I was the only one... but it's so cool that you're feeling the same way! Sadly, my friends irl don't read (the same books as I do) but I am always so excited when I find a used copy that has already been annotated.

This was so good! I am a late reader, (52) but have built a beautiful library of Goodwill, lawn sale, and second hand books from local book stores. I love my books. I too love the way the look on my shelves but after watching your video, I can totally see how I would enjoy, remember, and be able to share the why of my love for a particular book, after reading it and it is resting on my self. I had started to put the page number of my favorite line of a book, in the back with the date and the sentence underlined, for quite some time. Like if it made me gasp, laugh out loud, or whatever while reading it... I always wanted to grab a pen to make sure I didn't forget where it was because I knew at some point in the future, I'd want to go back and enjoy it. So, I guess I've always had an annotate mindset. As a mother of grown kids, I often think that it would be a wonderful thing to leave behind for my kids and grandkids to see what I've enjoyed and how it made me feel and changed my thinking. Thank you Sweetie for this video. You've helped me to realize that I too need too annotate my books if I so choose, to completely enjoy them. Looking forward to watching all of your videos. Hugs from Maine.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

This comment made me so happy! :) It's so lovely that you took inspiration from this video and realized that you were the annotating-type all along! Have fun and enjoy the journey! :)

I'm starting to annotate my books, mainly using highlighters and sticky notes. I think if people like keeping their books perfect and they don't feel they *need* to annotate it, it means that they're reading books that don't mean that much to them. I like marking parts that are important to me.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I am so happy that you get so much out of annotating, it's the same for me. :) It really is a form of engaging deeper with the literature you consume. :)

@spoiledsandi

5 жыл бұрын

What? I don’t think that at all, I have books that mean a lot to me, I don’t need to mark up my book and write my thoughts because they change over time. let’s say I want to read it again I won’t be able to concentrate because of all of the stuff going on inside. I love my books that’s why I keep them clean. People like to over analyze things in books and I just like being entertained with whats been written inside.

@eszti498

2 жыл бұрын

That is so not true and outrageous that you think that if you don't ruin your books they don't mean anything. I love my books. I re-read them, sometimes I just stare at them or something. I don't have to write in it and make it look ugly as hell in order to appreciate them. I respect the book, and I also think that a book should contain what the author wanted it and how the aouthor wanted it and we have no right to write in it. That doesn't mean i don't have opinions, thoughts on the book, but instead of doing this, I write rewievs, talk about it with my friends, family etc. To remember quotes, I use sticky notes that leave no sing on the book if i get them off of the book. I don't think it's a problem if you use these or bookmarks, clips or st, just please don't leave anything temporary, don't tear it, write in it etc. Also, how are you comfortable reading it if there are random drawings, comments and highlights on the book as in the thunbnail? It looks uncomfortable to read

I used to annotate a lot, and I used to love it, but after I started collecting some copies of my favorite books I stopped adding notes. What I use nowadays is sticky notes and I always use goodreads updates to keep track of my thoughts. I totally agree that the most important think about a book is the content, but I'm a sucker for beautiful gorgeous editions 🤗 and I just can't write on them or even use highlights... I know I'm crazy. To me perfect the book is an awesome content plus the best object possible (durable and beautiful). But I think that annotating is a great experience. And I freely annotate my text books, for example. Regarding fiction books, I miss this habit, but I just can't lol. I'm still working on a solution though 😂

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

BookCravings I totally feel ya... If I would own 100$-books or very rare editions I probably wouldn't write in them either ;) I hope working with sticky notes satisfies you enough! :)

I feel every single word you say. I have been so so scared of marking my books and want to retain them as new for posterity! I have been reading since I was so young and I do feel the pain of not being able to ‘articulate’ my true feelings for some incredible books I read years ago. It’s agonising and so I have been considering starting annotations now, at the risk of ‘ruining’ a perfectly pristine copy. But I also completely agree with you that the content of a book is more important than the packaging. So here I go.... I am going to start today 😊 thanks to your honest and frank video. I will be able to absorb literature and give it its due credit for real, appreciating the ideas and concepts from the author. I am also going to connect with you on Goodreads to check out your detailed reviews. Thank you for your thoughts!

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I'm so excited for you! :) I love to see people go on their journey with annotating books. It's so much fun and so useful. I hope you are able to take your time and figure out a system that works best for you. Just don't give up.

So true that the annotations don't just remind you of what the books was about but who you were when you were reading it. Writing on sticky notes is a good way to keep track of your notes without being tied to those opinions. You can always change them as you reread and interact with the text on another level.

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I totally agree! :) Sticky notes are great as well, but I just loooove to write in my books because it's much quicker and more intuitive (at least for me). :)

@Yesica1993

6 жыл бұрын

@ Runwright Reads Just a few days ago I bought some larger, lined (!) sticky notes and I can't wait to use them for this purpose. For the life of me, I can't imagine why this never really occurred to me before! Once in a great while I'd write something on a sticky note, but not in any regular, purposeful way. For me personally, it will take the pressure off to have to do it perfectly. (I can't write straight on unlined paper to save my life, I hate to see mistakes crossed out, etc.) If I mess up, I'll just change it! There is barely a day that goes by when I am not happy and thankful that I found Book Tube. I cannot tell you what a relief it's been to be among others - of all ages, life stages/situations, backgrounds, locations, etc. - who feel excited about reading/writing, note taking and thinking deeply about what we read.

This was so helpful! Only now I'm starting to annotate in my books and I still have to figure out how exactly I wanna go about it, so thank you for sharing your experience! I agree, remembering a reading experience and what were your thoughts while reading a certain books are so much more important than the book itself (as a physical object) and I regret not having any signs of that on the previous books I've read and loved.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed this video. I'm super excited for you to start annotating your books, yay! I hope you have the best of time doing it. It's such a great feeling to browse through old reads and remember all the good/fun/infuriating times you had had with it. :D

Love this! This is the type of annotating I'd like to do eventually. I'm not there yet. I usually stop doing any notes halfway through the book. Thanks for the video! Best one I've seen on annotation.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, that means a lot to me. :)

i really like that you research things but also sticky them into your books, it actually makes so much sense so that next time when you read it you won’t be confused, i’ll definitely be trying that out!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

It makes me happy to hear you're going to try that for yourself, it definitely heightens my understanding of a book.

Loved this video and your thoughts on this! I too have wanted to do this but keep chickening out. I am now so inspired to start so thank you! Love to see the next part of this video and more on your annotating process.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Susan Robjant Yas! I love that you're finally giving annotating a shot. It will be so worth it. :) I really need to film the follow-up video soon!!

Love that you annotate and dogear! I think it's beautiful to be able to look back on your thoughts. Gives the book a bit of character all its own, too (;

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

All the love for dogearing and annotating! It's the best!

I love this video so much. Thank you for showing your growth of annotating. I love looking through used books to see if it was annotated. Seeing what they thought/loved and hated about the book. I just annotated my first book and it was nerve wracking but I WANT to do it. All I did was underline my favorite sentences but it’s a start. I want to start reviewing books on my channel and I thought annotating books would make it so much easier. Thank you for making this video!!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

YES YES YES! I am so happy that you started your journey of annotating. You'll never go back! :D And yes, annotating is definitely a process, so take your time and figure out what works best for you! :)

I love you’re perspective on this! It’s like a cross between journaling & reading

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, you totally got it!

YT just suggested your channel and your reasons for annotation resonate with me. I subscribed 💖 I look forward to watching your other videos!

@booksbyleynes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. :)

Thank you for making this video! I have such a fascination with annotations in books, and I'm always curious to hear other people's methods and what exactly they write in their books. So basically I'm really looking forward to your next video on how you annotate! I enjoyed hearing about your evolution of annotation in this video too! :)

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Blatantly Bookish you're in for a treat then because my annotations are not always of academic nature, and sometimes just crys of "BITCH WHAT THE FUUUCK" 😂😂

@BlatantlyBookish

7 жыл бұрын

Haha! I can't wait to hear about both the academic and purely wtf side of your annotations! :)

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I know it's been a (loooong!) while but I finally got around to uploading that video on how I annotate. You can watch it here if you want: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html :)

This was so interesting! Thank you for sharing. I'm one of the people that is scared but you really make me want to be brave. I love the idea of writing down moments when I squeal or cry and have them to look back on when I re-read.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

*Shia LaBeouf voice* JUST DO IT !!!!!!!!!!!

I usually stay away from annotating because I feel like I can’t ever fully immerse myself into a book if I keep stopping to write (+ what would I even write??), but this video changed my mind a bit and I think I’ll start. I’m reading Malcolm X’s autobiography and I think I could definitely get more out of it, as you said, if I wrote down some notes & highlighted passages that stuck out to me. Thank you for this! I also just want to say I found your channel last week and have been obsessed 😂🙌🏾

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

This comment made me so happy, not only are you considering annotating now (like YAAAAS), you are always reading Malcolm's autobiography, I read it in January and absolutely loved it. I totally agree that annotating it helped me understand the timeline, his motifs and anything else that was going on a lot better. I hope it'll work out for you. :)

I like your way of annotating and highlighting your books. Especially the idea that such a book is something very special and invaluable for oneself is great! I'm looking forward to your annotating techniques.

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

TheLadyEye yeah, I'm glad you liked it! 😁

Great video! Seeing your edition of Hamilton makes me warm and happy inside. I use stickynotes, make dogears, underline, take notes in the margines and use highlighters. I think I started with the underlining, dogears and notes first, and are now in the process of trying to use multiple highlighters. 😊

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Silje Yaay, I love to hear that other people are annotating their books as well. I think it's such a wonderful thing and makes the book as an object much more personal. :)

It's the best "why to do annotate your books" video I found in booktube! Very very convincing!

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

رها شرلی so happy to hear that, thank you so much

Loved your vid so much 🙋🏽 I’ve just begun to get into annotating my books and it’s changing my reading world. 👍🏽

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that. Annotating is such a game changer.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS 😍 literally what I needed to finally start writing inside of my books

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Antonia Guci YAS so happy this gave you the last push! ✊🏾

This was SO inspiring and I want to run to my shelf annotate all my favorite books. Thank you for the insights!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yaas! Get dem books and annotate them. Rereading is sometimes so undervalued and annotating is a great reason to reread one's favorites. :)

You convinced me to annotate my books. I always felt sad when I was done reading a book that I loved and seeing that it was so blank, meaning that it didn’t look like I’ve read it and I never could find out where my favorite quotes and scenes were.

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! So happy to hear that. Annotating is so much fun and so worthwhile! I hope you have the best time annotating your books from now on!

@elisemarie2976

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I also wanted to tell you that I found a great essay online about annotating books and it really helped me overcoming my fear of writing and scribbling in my books. It’s called ‘How to mark a book’ by Mortimer J. Adler and I strongly believe every book lover should read it ^^

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation.

I have wanted to get into the habit of annotating my books lately, but I haven't had the courage to do it. Seeing all of your marked up books and hearing your reasons for writing in them was just the push I needed. I can't wait to start my next book and try it for myself!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

This is so good to hear! I hope you have a blast annotating your first book! :)

Thank you! This was so insightful. It helped me reflect on my reading habits and estimation of the physical value of books.

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. :)

Awesome! Someday your family will cherish your books, with their annotations! I loved this!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's always great find to get a peak into the mind/thoughts of another person. Annotating makes this possible. :D

I love your thoughts on annotating books! I like the idea that your book becomes interactive and like a diary. Thanks! I really want to try it myself now. 😊

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Monica Palmer Thank you so much! I'm really excited that you want to try it for yourself. Have fun with it! :)

Words cannot express how spot on you are with this. I felt the same way about books in general, and writing in books (guilt, shame, anxiety, fear, etc.) But now that I’m writing in my books I’m realizing how beneficial it is. Thank you for this video.

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you have a similar relationship to annotating than I am. :)

I've watched a lot of annotation videos on YT and this one resonated with me the most. It reminds me of my own journey 😊 thank you

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

that's so nice to hear, thank you. :)

Thanks you for this video, it was really well made and interesting. I never really thought about annotating my books (except that I put some little sticky bookmarks on quotes I like) but I may begin to do it because of your video and the way you explained your reasons ! So thanks 😉 Kisses from France ❤

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Je suis très content que tu aies aimé ma vidéo. J'espère que tu commences par l'annoter. Amuse-toi bien! :)

Your annotating spectrum makes me smile! Thank you for showing the different ways you can annotate a book :D I normally just underline in black pen, myself, which I reserve for really beautiful lines/passages. I love all your reasons for annotating and hope this video urges more people to individualize their books by marking them up!!

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Amanda Center thank you so much, Amanda! Oh yeah, the good ole black pen's a life saver! :D I would love for more people to give annotating a shot, not because I think it's the right way for everyone, but because I think the stigma surrounding "defacing" books in our community is keeping a lot of people from trying it out, and that's just a damn shame!

@AmandaQuotidianBooks

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, though I think it's difficult to truly know the overall habits of the BookTube community. I know of a couple of BookTubers who like pretty editions of books, but also don't mind wear-and-tear through reading. Stereotypically, YA-reading BookTubers like keeping things neat and pristine, but then there are many readers who can't afford new, pretty books and mostly buy used, which naturally are more likely to be mismatched and battered. It's really hard to tell!! :)

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Amanda Center Very true, I was more referring to how newbies perceive the community, and since it is dominated by the "keeping things neat"-YA readers, they might be put off from being a bit rougher with their books because "everyone" (that's how I perceived it as a newbie) is showing off books with unbroken spines etc. but I totally agree, once you really get into the community you get to know a diverse set of readers who all handle things differently, which is just wonderful! :)

@AmandaQuotidianBooks

7 жыл бұрын

VERY true about the initial perception newbies would get from the community :)

Wow, i really loved your video! It's amazing how you talk about your readings. Congratulations! 😊

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! :)

Totally agree with all the points you mentioned. I’ve been highlighting my books for quite some time, but since I don’t like seeing neon blocks of text too often I’ve moved on to annotating purely with regular graphite pencil and it’s been such a joy! The first book I annotated in depth (not just highlighting quotes but also writing in the margins) was a romance novel and it felt so cathartic to not have reservations and just underline words like ‘my darling’ just because the way it was said and the situation it was said under made me swoon! Though I understand that different people have different philosophies in approaching reading or ownership of books, but I truly think people can get more joy if they remember that, like you said, owning books isn’t about the object itself but the thoughts and experiences recorded in them.

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes! Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with annotating. Nowadays I also prefer annotating with a regular old pen, and I only sometimes use fancy highlighters. ;)

Thanks for awesome annotation journey m. Can’t wait to get messy in Dracula. Which I’ve been reading. I have tons of books I’d like to read, I think I’ll spend more time reading those if I start having fun like you said. There’s definitely things I have been missing while reading Dracula. I think my mind wanders and I start thinking it’s a race to get through all these books on my shelf

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, good luck finishing _Dracula_ - Personally, I struggled quite severly with the story because Stoker's depiction of women as "pure, virginial figures" really good on my damn nerves. :D But I'm curious to know how you'll like it. Let me know!

Yes! I love your sentiments regarding why you annotate. I see the WHY as being so much more important than the colour coding or the brand of pens someone uses. Your thoughts on book reviews are also exactly my own, I want to get into the nitty gritty of why a person liked the book and ideas that inspired them to think about particular topics. Summarising the plot is something I can get from the back cover. I just subscribed to you and added a bunch of your reviews to my 'watch later' list! (I'm going to be launching my own book review channel sometime soon so I hope I can be just as insightful) Keep doing good things :)

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that. :) I hope you'll find your time on booktube sharing your thoughts on books fruitful. Let me know when you'll launch your channel. :)

@hannahjcattanach3324

4 жыл бұрын

@@booksbyleynes I hope so too! I have really enjoyed thinking about what I read in a more analytical way. I filmed my first videos yesterday and am now deep in the editing process. I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew with a couple of the editing effects, but I'm hoping to have the first video uploaded on Sunday

@hannahjcattanach3324

4 жыл бұрын

@@booksbyleynes OK! That's it, I'm officially up and running! This is my latest video kzread.info/dash/bejne/YoVlxMqflZC3dbg.html hope you like it :D

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

OMG YAY BESH I AM SUBSCRIBING! so happy

Ich, als ich das Titelbild gesehn hab: 😰 Nur einmal in meinem Leben hab ich sowas gemacht und zwar bei meinen alten HP Büchern, weil ich auch neue hab. Und nicht mal da war es so krass 😅 Bei Büchern die ich nur einmal habe, würde ich sowas nie machen, weil es mich beim Rereaden total aus der Story holt. Außerdem könnte ich die nie wieder verkaufen. Das einzige was ich vorhab ist mit dünnen Post Its zu markieren wenn etwas wichtig ist für mich aber das ist schon das höchste der Gefühle 😙 Es ist auch echt interessant wie unterschiedlich Leute lesen. Mir ist es zB völlig wurscht was der Autor vorhatte oder zu welcher Zeit es geschrieben wurde etc, hab sowas auch immer gehasst in der Schule. Ich interpretier mir da gern selbst was rein. Aber es ist wundervoll dass ich dich für sowas hab und mir deine mega detaillierten Reviews gönnen kann 😘👏🏻💯 Wiedermal tolles Video, boo!💜

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

hopevanille hehe ich dachte mir schon, dass du dich am Thumbnail erfreuen wirst 😂😂 Und ja, da stimme ich dir sowas von zu. Vor allem durch BookTube lernt man so viele Arten von LeserInnen kennen, und es ist einfach faszinierend zu sehen, wie unterschiedlich die eigenen Gründe und Gewohnheiten sind, und dass uns trotzdem alle die Liebe zu Büchern verbindet. Okay, dit war jetzt mega cheesy, ich geh mal schwarze Sachen anziehen und leg ein bisschen Metal auf 😂😂 😚😚😚

Great video and very informative. Thank you for sharing. I have just started using Marginalia as opposed to using a notebook - which upon reflection looks like the scribblings of a mad man! Look forward to watching the video of 'how' to annotate. D

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

HAHA! "The scribblings of a madman" sounds fine to me. More power to annotating in an "ugly" way. ;)

I'm not used to leaving comments on other people's videos but damn, I just came across this and it was exactly what I needed to hear. For some years now, I've only been annotating non fiction books (just highlighting with pencil to make me feel it was something I could undo someday) but I've been feeling the urge to annotate my thoughts on them too since after a few months I can't even remember why I highlighted a particular sentence or passage. I just thought I would feel ashamed for ruining a good book but you really got me with what you said “Books are just objects, and objects are not important. It’s much more important what’s in the book.” So thank you so so much for making this video!! I'm going to annotate my books without fear from now on!!

@booksbyleynes

2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool to hear. So happy for you! Best of fun on your annotating journey!

Thank you. This really helps me. I really want to write in my books. Especially to find important pieces of info later on.

@booksbyleynes

2 жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome. :)

This was so inspiring thank you ! ❤️

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Sehr interessantes Video, auch weil es komplett von meinen Lesegewohnheiten abweicht und ich das immer spannend finde :) Ich könnte meine Bücher nie auf permanente Weise voll schreiben, da ich einiges wieder verkaufen möchte oder es mich stören würde, wenn ich das Buch nochmal lesen möchte :D Wenn mir dann nach vielen Jahren ganz andere Gedanken zu einer Passage kommen, wird es mit dem Platz und der Übersicht im Buch schwierig. Während ich lese mache ich mir abnehmbare Haftnotizen an wichtige Passagen und interessante Zitate, die ich schnell wiederfinden möchte. Ich habe außerdem immer ein Notizbuch neben mir liegen und während ich lese schreibe ich dort jeden Gedanken nieder der mir kommt. Ganz ungeordnet. Nachdem ich das Buch beendet und mir abschließende Gedanken dazu gemacht habe, gehe ich diese Notizen durch und formuliere meine Meinung und Gedanken in präziserer Form und schreibe das sauber in mein Bookjournal, in dem jedes gelesene Buch seinen Platz bekommt. Und auch beeindruckende Zitate oder Passagen schreibe ich mir ab. So habe ich einen zentralen Ort an dem ich meine Meinung und Gedanken zu gelesenen Büchern aufbewahre, selbst wenn ich das eigentliche Buch gar nicht mehr besitze und kann jederzeit nachschauen, was mich bewegt hat. Wenn ich ein Buch erneut lese, gibt es einen neuen Eintrag und ich kann beide vergleichen, ohne dass mir die alte Meinung zu präsent ist und mich beeinflusst. Manchmal ist man da erstaunt :) Obwohl ich meine Bücher wie rohe Eier behandle (und das ist wirklich ziemlich albern), finde ich deine markierten und angereicherten Bücher total schön, weil man eben sieht wie du mit ihnen gearbeitet hast. Sie gehören dadurch ganz eindeutig dir, tragen deine Gedanken und sind damit für andere unbrauchbar. Das finde ich sehr charmant. Wall of text xD Sorry :D

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Ich finde es auch immer wieder schön zu sehen, wie unterschiedlich das Leseverhalten ist, nicht nur bezogen auf die Art der Geschichten, die wir konsumieren, sondern auch wie wir diese konsumieren. Ich könnte zum Beispiel niemals ein Hörbuch konsumieren, da ich auditiv einfach nichts behalten kann... Ich hab von deinen zahlreichen Statistik-Videos (oder auch dem Wunschlisten-TAG) ja schon mitbekommen, dass du ein sehr sortierter Mensch bist, was ich wirklich klasse finde. Mich persönlich stören die Annotationen beim nochmaligen Lesen nicht, und wenn ich neue Gedanken habe, werden die zur Not auch zwischen die Zeilen geschrieben oder auf eine Haftnotiz, die dann über die vorherige Haftnotiz geklebt wird... Ich kann aber sehr gut nachvollziehen, dass das für einen übersichtsliebenden Menschen einfach überhaupt nicht der richtige Weg ist. :D Ich denke, du hast für dich die beste und sinnvollste Methode gefunden. Ich finde die Idee deines Bookjournals wunderbar, vorallem weil ich weiß, wie viel Mühe du dir bei der Aufmachung gibst! Ich finde es einfach schön zu sehen, wenn anderen Menschen das Lesen genauso wichtig ist wie mir, und das wir einfach unterschiedliche Wege finden um das Gleiche zu erreichen - möglichst viel Zeit und Liebe in die gelesenen Geschichten zu stecken. Hachja, da geht auch mir das Herz auf! Und je länger der Kommentar, desto besser. Der Austausch mit anderen Bücherfreunden ist immer willkommen. :D

Thank you!! I feel people in the book community sometimes feel scared to talk about annotating like it's a shame. Annotating brings the book to life for me and it's interesting to hear someone else speak about it. :)

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yup, I feel the same way about certain parts of this community. Books don't have to be pristine and pretty and we shouldn't be afraid/ashamed of getting the most out of our reading experience. :)

Sehr schönes Video! Ich spiele schon seit längerem mit der Idee meine Bücher zu markieren und somit mehr aus ihnen rauszuholen und dein Video hat mir die ganze Sache gleich viel sympathischer gemacht. Denke, ich werde es definitiv auch mal für mich selbst ausprobieren. :)

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Das freut mich wirklich, zu hören. Ich hoffe, dass dir das Markieren auch so viel Freude bereiten wird wie mir. :)

This is my second time watching this video because I want to share it with my students. How do I follow you on goodreads? I would love to read some great book reviews because I'm so horrible at it. Thanks again and please do a video on your favorite reads so far.

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I feel really honored. This is my Goodreads profile: www.goodreads.com/user/show/45198798-leynes :) And I will definitely consider making a "favorite books" video, however I always have a hard time picking and selecting my favorites, so that might take some time. :D

I'll start annotating today. Thanks for making this video ❤️

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome. :)

This is very interesting! I think part of joining booktube for me is to get some of that snapshot understanding of where I am at a point of time and getting better at collecting my thoughts about a book (which I've been historically very bad at). I think for me permanently altering the book feels like it would be locking it in time. There just isn't the space to engage on re-reads. I think that I'm a person who changes a lot over the years and while it is definitely important for me to have a record of my thoughts and feelings I'm concerned about bringing too much of my past self into my potential re-reads. I think that I will definitely take some tips from this video though. I think that I could use the sticky note method, particularly the larger sticky notes where I can write my thoughts and maybe even mark in pencil where it can technically be erased if I wanted to do so in the future. It reminds me of a time that I was debating religion with a peer in highschool. I bought a book from the Christian bookstore on his faith and asked him to mark it up with what the book got wrong about his faith. He did so and then also gave it to his teacher to mark up as well and it really deepened the context of our discussions. I definitely think that I want to incorporate some of these thoughts into my booktube journey and am glad to have found this video so early in the process.

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you found some of the methods discussed in this video helpful. Annotating is really all about what's working best for you. Best of luck for your new reading and reflecting journey!

I am also struggling with remembering books I've read because there are so many I read. I JUST started annotating (not in books cause I use the library a lot) and I actually love it. The first book I annotated is definitely deeply ingrained in me now and I'm loving it!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, annotating helps so much with making the book stick out. And it's so cool that you frequent the library that often and still found a way to annotate. :)

@ntaliamarie

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! I got the tip to use a separate notebook from Nayareadsandsmiles because 80% of the books I read are from my local library and I wanna keep it standing lol

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Naya is amazing! Love her energy! :)

Dieser Moment wenn man sich das Bücherregal anguckt und die erste Reaktion ist: Oh mein Gott. Du bist auch Deutsch 😂

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Katharina Birwé Hahaha, eiskalt erwischt. 😁

@Whitney2022

6 жыл бұрын

Haha so bin ich auch erst drauf gekommen weil ich "Der Erdbeerpflücker" und "Die Auswahl" im Regal erkannt hab :) Aber ansonsten wäre es mir garnicht aufgefallen!

@lalu7922

6 жыл бұрын

Mir auch nicht boa muss sagen ich kann deutschen Akzent überall erkennen aber dein Englisch ist einfach beautiful! love it! subscribed

@alexdiana24

4 жыл бұрын

Wat?

This definitely makes me want to annotate my books more. Very interesting video, thank you!

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

You‘re welcome. Annotating is so much fun and very useful.

Your thumbnails are my aesthetic. Really nice video 💕

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! :)

Dog earing (gasp).. I would really like to start annotating my books. Right now I'm just using flags and sticky notes. I haven't found the courage yet to highlight or write in them. I do enjoy seeing your progression, maybe I have to do it gradually like you did. I loved, loved, loved that you added the dates and location of when you started and finished.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I committed a bibliophile's cardinal sin. ;) Gradually easing into annotating/highlighting definitely helped me to see the fun and merit in it without feeling overwhelmed. Nowadays, I couldn't imagine not annotating my books. :D

Lol, das war das erste Video welches ich jemals von dir gesehen habe und KZread schlägt es mir wieder vor. Finde ich vom Timing her ganz lustig :D Ich versteh die ganze Hysterie bei den Eselsohren auch nicht. Meine Bücher sind zwar auch mein Heiligtum, aber des Inhalts wegen und nicht wegen dem Objekt per sé. Habe in meinen Lieblingsbücher auch meine Lieblingsstellen mit einem Buntstift markiert (mir sehen die Marker einfach zu grell aus, vielleicht hole ich mir extra welche in Pastellfarben für meine Bücher, haha!), aber mit einem Kulli reinzuschreiben... ne, hätte ich zu viel Schiss vor :D Nicht, weil ich das Buch "zerstöre", sondern dass ich beim nächsten Mal Durchlesen eher mit Kopfschütteln über meine Notizen beschäftigt sein werde, als mit dem Lesen

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Pastellfarbene Marker sind soooo schön! Eine Anschaffung lohnt sich auf jeden Fall. :D Mich stören meine eigenen Notizen eigentlich gar nicht so sehr beim Rereading. Ich achte darauf, immer an den Rand zu schreiben, sodass ich den Text an sich problemlos nochmals lesen kann... Kulli ist halt einfach entspannter als Highlighter (imo). :D

I recently started annotating for fun and have been watching all of the annotating videos on KZread and your video is my favorite. What stood out to me is that you also annotate in nice copies of books instead of cheap, ugly copies, like your beautiful penguin deluxe of Moby Dick. I just finished reading and annotating The Haunting Of Hill House in the penguin deluxe edition and was all like "what did I just do?!?" Your video reminds me that it's all chill... it's just a book, it's just paper, it's just an object. What we get out of books is what matters. I would love to see more close-ups of your annotating. You inspire me.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

This comment makes me so happy. It's so nice to hear that annotating is working out for you as well. I totally understand that initially it can seem daunting to write in a pretty/expensive copy but like you realised yourself, at the end of the day, it's just a piece of paper. Annotations make the books so special and personal, I wouldn't wanna miss out of the experience, regardless of the book I'm reading. :)

Hey! It's the Swiss girl :D I thought I would comment on this video first, because it makes my heart jump off joy. I wish my annotations would look so awesome like yours do! I'm a bit of a messy annotator I guess 😄 So, hey, new subscriber here 😄🙋🏻

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

BetweenLinesAndLife Hey girl, I'm glad you found your way to my channel 😊 My annotations can get quite messy as well, which I think is quite charming 😁

what a great video...I might have to start doing this...love, love this idea!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Annotating for the win!

I really love you opinions on books annotating ♡

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. :)

I just stumbled upon this video and LOVED IT! Great advice! Instant subscriber!

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Sues BookNook Thank you so much! :D

Thank you for this!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaaaas! Proud of you!

I've never thought about seeing what your past self thinks when annotating . It's a very interesting point , thank you for sharing.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

you're very welcome :) I love looking back on my annotations. :)

I love this! I annotate my books all the time. I feel very anxious when I am on a bus reading and have no sticky note or pen. Lol. Great!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I feel you! I always have my markers and sticky notes with me. :D

So informative, I'm convinced I need to start making annotations 👍

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Lorraine Lomolino happy to hear that! :)

Tolles Video! Ich habe gerade richtig Lust aufs lesen bekommen ! Du hast absolut recht. 💙

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank, das macht mich sehr glücklich. :)

I think it's great that you transfer your annotation into new copies of the books. I do this / plan to do this too!

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

La vie d' Isabel happy to hear that, it‘s just sad when annotations get lost.

Whatching this (a bit late) and I couldn't agree more with you. I started university and when I had to write about certain topics it was so much easier to reference books I had read, because not only I had underlined important ideas, which I came to use at my papers, but I also had written reflexions on those ideais and it was amazing how much time it saved me and how much it improved my learning at uni. I have been annotating for like a year and a half, but I'm still only confortable annotating with pencil and sticky notes. Also I love writing silly things too and making fun of some writers.

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear annotating your books works this well for you. Even though I don't study literature at uni I can totally see how having annotated a book would come in handy. :D

First :) A really cool video. Makes me want to grab that pen and start going for it. But I think I'm not ready for it yet. I mean I've started annotating (* husthust * Hanya Yanagihara * husthust *) but I'm not nearly there where you are. I only put sticky notes in and that's it. Depending on the situation I try to use different colours for different emotions but that didn't work out last time because I was running out of it when I was reading the people in the Trees. But so far it works out great because I mark the quote with a sticky note page marker thingy. And I really do get your point. It really makes the book so much more your own. I did mark a few passages in two other books but you can't really compare that^^ But my problem still is that I tend to get rid of a lot of books and it's just the case that you don't get those books sold that easily anymore when you have written in them. And so far I don't want to own books that somebody has written in either. I annotated for school but I'm not really fond of that so I think it maybe never will happen that I annotate like you. I think I will start underlining but in books that I already read and know that I loved like e.g. "A Little Life" that started this whole madness.

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Look At My Books Is there a reason why we're communicating in English right now? :D I totally get your point that it's harder to re-sell books that have writing in them. I personally keep all my read books because 1) I have the space and 2) they function as a sort of diary for me, and I love being surrounded by my reading history. Maybe your books will become more precious to you if you write in them? 🤔😉 So that you'll want to keep the books for your funny or furious thoughts, even though if you hated the story? Personally, I feel completely different about reading books that were annotated by somebody else. I love that, especially if I know the person, because it feels like getting to know them better! :) Have fun with annotating "A Little Life", I'm looking forward to do the same! xxx

@lookatmybooks1214

7 жыл бұрын

books by leynes Just because :D Hmmm maybe I'll get there one day... I do have space but not that much, that I can keep buying like I do and keeping everything. Then the space will be full in no time xD I believe you will. It's really quote worthy xD

Right now for school I am working through 'Windows to the world an introduction to literary analysis' by Lesha Myers. This video is interesting and insightful. My one problem is that my mom will probably not allow me to write or highlight my books..... But I think it would really help me to remember more and understand the deeper parts of them. I can remember a lot about the books that i love. But the books I don't enjoy as much I have no recollection of them around three months after I read it.... I am excited to try this!! Thank you for the video!!

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Try talking to your mom and explain to her why annotating is important to you. I don't know how old you are (and if you get pocket money) but if you buy books for yourself (with your own money), then these are your possessions and you should be able to do with them as you please. :)

This is one of the videos that help me convince myself to annotate my books.

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

That's so nice to hear.

Love this video! And it’s good to have English subtitle. Thanks!

@booksbyleynes

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. Thank you! :)

I just started annotating and tbh I love it, even tough it probably will take I while before I start doing it with fictions books. But even tough I am totally okay with writing in your book the idea of dog earing my book still give me chills.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

haha only the brave dog ear ;) but so happy to hear that you started annotating!

Thank you, Ms Leynes. I usually annotate my books if I need it for school, though I am still bit skeptic on using highlighters. Ha-ha. You mentioned that you will discuss about how you annotate your books, no, to your next video, but I couldn't find it. Let me know if you've prep new one on annotation! Love your insights.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'll definitely let you know when I upload my next video on annotating. I somehow never got around to filming it but since so many people have asked, it'll definitely happen. :)

Yes! I annotate most of my books. When i reread it, it reminds me of how i felt when i read it. Like a diary!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

You’re voice is very soothing I’m about to go to bed and everyone was so extroverted.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Love love love this video. Did you end up doing a part two on how you annotate? I can't find it on your channel. I would be super interested in your process xx

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

So many people have asked for part two and my lazy ass never got around to filming it. Gah! It will definitely come sometime in the future. I apologize for the delay!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I know it's been a (loooong!) while but I finally got around to uploading that video on how I annotate. You can watch it here if you want: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html :)

Hey, habe deinen Kanal gerade entdeckt und finde, deine Formate sind mal ganz was anderes. :) Auf die Black-Authors-Matter-Liste bin ich sehr gespannt, vor allem da mir abgesehen von Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie die meisten Namen leider nicht allzu viel sagen. Und deine Annotations... also ich finde die vielen Markierungen und die Wörter und Zeichnungen am Rand total ästhetisch. Das verleiht dem Buch irgendwie eine richtige Persönlichkeit :) Mir geht es auch so, dass man sich ohne Anmerkungen nach einer Weile nicht mehr so genau an die Einzelheiten erinnert, und mache zurzeit auch ein paar Markierung, aber bei ein paar Büchern kann ich das einfach noch nicht. Vielleicht wird das noch... Aber eine Sache würde mich interessieren : Könntest du Harry Potter 5 in dieser Ausgabe nochmal lesen? :D Bei den vielen sticky notes sieht das für mich nach einer schweren Herausforderung aus :D

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Dankeschön! :) Ich hoffe du findest eine Empfehlung, die dich anspricht! Zum Harry Potter-Buch muss ich sagen, dass ich es seitdem nicht nochmals las, da alle farbigen Sticky-Notes jedoch halb-durchsichtig sind, müsste ich nur die weißen Streifen beim Lesen lösen, und das sollte mich nicht viel Zeit kosten... Zumindest weniger Zeit als das Buch nochmals zu annotieren, weswegen ich da keine Probleme haben sollte. Mittlerweile bin ich aber auch dazu umgeschwenkt, meine Gedanken an den Rand zu schreiben, damit das nochmalige Lesen einfacher ist. ;)

This was such an amazing video! I annotate my books and people don't understand how or why I write in my books haha

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Bookish Realm thanks girl 😚 yeah, some people on booktube and irl are quite closed-minded smh how dare we get the most out of our reading experience, right? ;))

This is the best example!

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

i need a second part!!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

It's finally here! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html :)

The Hamilton Bio is so good!

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

It's one of my favorite books. :)

I feel so scared to start doing this, and I also write stories so I always have things I want to say about the book! I think I'm going to start doing this. I'm scared to do so, but I'm also so excited to do it. I feel like after watching your video, I have the confidence to do it!

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

YEEEEES! So excited for you! Do report back how you like annotating. :) I hope you have the best of fun with it! There's really nothing to be scared about!

@aspen2223

3 жыл бұрын

@@booksbyleynes I've been annotating each time I read now, and it is so much fun! I am so glad that I started to do this!

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

SO happy for you!

I'm about to start annotating this was helpful

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

JnikaJ I'm glad :)

Have just found your channel after it was recommended by Portal in the Pages and subscribed as soon as I had watched this video. Can't wait to watch your other videos. I love to annotate and tab my books and am always curious to see how others do it. Any idea when you might be doing the follow up to this?

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

How lovely! Welcome to the channel. :) I'm planning on doing the video on Christmas break but I don't know for sure yet. I should definitely prioritize it since so many are interested in it.

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Anne, I know it's been a (loooong!) while but I finally got around to uploading that video on how I annotate. It's even my copy of Alexander Hamilton so it could be interesting for you. :D You can watch it here if you want: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html :)

Ive always wanted to annotate but cant get out of the mindset of damaging my books. Currently i am re reading harry potter and i have wanted to re live my previous experiences so much. I regret not annotatating them and am going to start with half blood prince now. Your advice about taking your time is really the incentive i need to push myself

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Laiba Arshad that makes me so happy, I hope you have a fun time annotating HBP. I cried so many tears over that book. 😭

The first book I annotated was IT by Stephen king , I just used a simple way to do it by using tabs and pencil as an underline and write my thoughts on it , and now that I look back at it , it's really fun and I always enjoy what I wrote on it and my thoughts on it !

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! What a long book to start annotating with. You're a champ!

The first video I've seen on this subject that features books a sane adult would read. Thumbs up.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Ha, who would have thought that? Thank you.

I’m reading a non fiction book and I was debating if I should highlight it. I really wanted to but for some reason I needed this video to give myself permission to do that, so THANK YOU

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! You‘re more than welcome! :)

Annotating my books would be super useful. My only "problem" is that I tend to donate my books after I'm done with them if I'm not that fussed about the book (I can never know until after I'm done with a book whether I'll want to keep it or not) and it feels like a jerk move to annotate books that I essentially feel like I'm "borrowing" or know there's a high probability that I'm going to give away. But I do want the benefit of detailing my thoughts even more at all stages of the book. And I totally agree that making notes as you go makes a huge difference the the process of analysing - it has done for me whenever I have done it in the past. Maybe keeping a book journal to write in alongside reading would be good... I don't know. That's probably why I feel much "freer" when reading ebooks at times because I can make notes electronically, without feeling any qualms about it, search/skip easily to sections and so on.

@booksbyleynes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, a reading journal would be a good option or maybe larger sticky notes where you can write down bullet points as well. :) I hope you'll find a system where you can try annotating your way without writing directly into the book. I find annotating so useful. :)

i need the part when you show me how to annotate ..

@booksbyleynes

7 жыл бұрын

Mary Tortello don't worry, it'll come... I don't have a tripod so I just have to figure out how to film my book from the bird's eye view... It's a little tricky but I'm working on it. :)

@feed5750

6 жыл бұрын

I'm searching for that video where you explain it. Have you done it already? Thanks :)

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

I know it's been a (loooong!) while but I finally got around to uploading that video on how I annotate. You can watch it here if you want: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html :)

I started reading in 2018,yeah too late I'm 26 now, but annotating my books helped me to get ideas very deeply in my mind, thanks for sharing your own ideas ❤️✌️

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

better late than never. :) I think it's awesome that you now got into reading and annotating, have fun on your journey.

@sumon_chhetry

5 жыл бұрын

@@booksbyleynes I am reading more and more every day and spending more money on buying books ❤️

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

Sumon Chhetry so happy to hear that :)

@sumon_chhetry

5 жыл бұрын

@@booksbyleynes would love to connect with you and get some recommendations or simply can talk and connect can we do that?

I just recently discovered book annotation, reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, and what you're saying is so true!

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

What an awesome book to discover annotating with. I'm glad you enjoyed both so much. :)

I want to reread my favourite books and capture all the important, enlightening parts of the text for me. At the moment, with complete absence of bookmarks I can never just flip to a line I loved...

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

yeah that's such a good point ... especially for my favorite books, I love the fact that they are annotated ... for the past two years I've been rereading my favourite book series from my teenage years just to annotate them and it was such a treat (...even though I ended up not loving some as much as I used to). ;)

@zeka330

3 жыл бұрын

@@booksbyleynes Mmm yes, I think something to indeed keep in mind is to, despite the displayed annotations, welcome your current thoughts and feelings about the book when re-visiting it the next round. Also I would just like to say that I discovered your videos for the first time today and instantly subscribed to you. I appreciate that your reviews are filled with such intellectual, independent honesty.

@booksbyleynes

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, funnily enough my annotations don't bother me when I'm rereading a book. I really enjoy adding new ones though. ;) And thank you so much. I'm happy to hear you enjoy my content!

I'm now watching you young lady and just hoping my 9 years old daughter would be a good reader like you in the future. I love to take notes on books and make them mine. Actually, I mostly take those notes for my little girl, hoping, maybe one day she'd read those books and find my lines and learn what my opinnion was on those pages. I also like to read some famous marginalias of Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Charles Darwin and many others. It's like an old art. My wife hates it. And I hate that she hate it. She sais 'do whatever you want to your books not to mine'. A little secret; I made the half of hers mine already. She doesn't know. Thanks for sharing your lovely and valuable toughts.

@booksbyleynes

5 жыл бұрын

That's so precious of you. I hope your daughter grows up to be a passionate reader and will cherish all of your annotations as well.

Im really glad i discovered u because ur channel is so different from usual booktube! U read different genres and u dont just follow what everyone else is doing which is so refreshing for me as a viewer! Btw did u post that video on how to annotate ?

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

That's really nice of you to say, thank you. :) Unfortunately, I haven't filmed the follow-up yet. I always wanted to and then never got around to it. :( It's still on my list though.

@sausana2501

6 жыл бұрын

books by leynes no problem hun just truth to be told! Anyways, im looking forward to see that video.. also, do u have a video in which u talk about all ur favorite books ? That would be interesting to watch ❤️

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

So far I have two videos up: My favorite book series of all time: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKN-rs6MccrLpLA.html and my favorite books from 2017: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKWt1K1rpdPLm9o.html - I have yet to film a complete video of my favorite standalones of all time though. :)

@sausana2501

6 жыл бұрын

books by leynes i checked them out and loved them! Im in love with ur videos! Ur personality is so amazing 😩❤️ ur so funny and opinionated just keep doing what ur doing girl ❤️

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Hey, I thought I'd let you know that I finally did my follow up video on how I annotate. You can watch it here if you want: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXZ-mbBrlZzFoJs.html :)

I haven't done much annotating. But I would absolutely be willing to copy annotations from an old book to a new one! (I figured I was the only person would "waste" time that way!)

@booksbyleynes

6 жыл бұрын

Well, that's what true booklovers do. And I have done that a couple of times now and never did I feel like my time was wasted. I rediscovered so many hidden gems and hidden passages that way. It's amazing. SO GO FOR IT. :)